This weekend, from tonight through the morning of Monday, November 11th, road construction will close down State Route 99/Aurora through Seattle. Crews will work on both the South Atlantic Street overpass and the Mercer Corridor project, which will mean closure of the Alaskan Way Viaduct as well as a portion of Aurora south of Fremont.
Specifically:
- Northbound SR 99 will be closed between South Spokane Street and Valley Street from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
- Southbound SR 99 will be closed from the north end of the Battery Street Tunnel to Spokane Street from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
- Southbound SR 99 will be reduced to one lane between Highland Drive and the north end of the Battery Street Tunnel from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
In addition, the University of Washington (UW) football game on Saturday at 5p at Husky Stadium and the basketball game between UW and Seattle University on Sunday at 7p at Alaska Airlines Arena (at Hec Edmundson Pavilion,) will both increase traffic this weekend.
These warnings by Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) also included a reminder that, with votes turned in, all political signs (winners and losers) need to be removed from public property, and private properties along state highways. The 10-day period to remove these signs ends Friday, November 16th.
Finally, when driving in rural areas, WSDOT asks that you remain aware of wildlife crossings. Every year, WSDOT receives reports of more than 1,100 vehicle collisions involving wildlife – which can result in serious injuries to both humans and the animals (WSDOT crews must remove an average of 3,500 deer and elk carcasses from our highways every year.) Check out the WSDOT blog entry by Mike Allende for more information.